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' GLOVE Filed D90. 14, 1942 lnv'entoru Attorney George H. Wheaddn Patented Sept. 26, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLOVE George H. Wheadon, Johnstown, N. Y. Application December 14, 1942, Serial No. 468,956

2 Claims. (01. 2-169) My invention more particularly relates to a slip-on glove which is merely slipped over the hand, wrist and forearm without buttons, hooks or other fastening means.

In manufacturing slip-on gloves it has been the practice for at least the past forty years to form in the palm' of the glove a comparatively long and wide gouge in which the thumb of the glove is stitched, the gouge being the same in size and shape as that of the regular button glOVe. When the glove is so formed, however, it I cannot be slipped over the palm portion, which is the largest portion, of the hand for the simple reason that the circumference of the thumb portion of the hand is greater than that of the glove. It is necessary, therefore, to enlarge the portion of the glove surrounding the thumb and in order to do so it has been customary to take advantage of the flare of the glove for this purpose and to begin the flare of the glove below the gouge line at a point about one-half the length a of the gouge, the gouge line being defined as the line extending transversely of the glove beginning at the top of the gouge at substantially right angles to the straight side of the glove. In order to secure the benefit of the flare it begins below the gouge line in order to enlarge the circumference of the glove; It is understood that the flare is provided on both sides of the glove trank from which the glove is formed, and it is furthermore understood that the finger tips are considered the lowest portion of the glove.

When the flare begins below the gouge line, however, and extends to the top of the glove, a comparatively large amount of glove material is used in the flare which makes a poorly fitting glove at the wrist and forearm. Furthermore, the large flare requires more leather and is harder to cut out of a skin than a glove embodying my invention.

It has been customary to provide rubber at the wrist and stitching on the forearm portion of the glove to gather in the excess material, all of which necessitates additional expense. ,When the rubber or stitching is not used, the glove is too large at the wrist and forearm and makes a poor fit around the wrist and forearm.

In brief, the necessary leather is cut out in the old gouge and replaced in the flare in the sides of the glove opposite the gouge. With my glove the leather is left in the glove at the side or sides of the gouge and the flare opposite the gouge is not necessary, thus making a simpler and easier operation.

In a regular slip-on glove the flare starts about one inch below the gouge line and extends to the top of the glove where it has a flare of about one and one-half inches on each side. This makes, the flare of a regular slip-on glove at least twice as large as in the glove embodying my invention.

In accordance with my invention, the gouge for the thumb is made much narrower than the old gouge or may even be reduced to an angular slit. It has been the usual practice to form the gouge about three-quarters of an inch wide in a ladys glove and, depending upon the size, from about one inch to about ane and three-eighths inches wide, in the widest part, in a mans glove. In accordance with my invention, the gouge is made onlyabout onethird the width of the old gouge, for example, from about one-quarter inch to about one-half inch, thereby making the combined circumference of the glove and thumb material, when extended, as great as, or greater than, the largest circumference of the hand, that is, around the thumb, and as there is no necessity fortaking advantage of the flare below the gouge line, to make the glove sufficiently large around the. thumb, the flare for the glove is begun at or above the gouge line and will not be as wide as the flare in the present conventional slip-on glove.

To summarize, instead of having the necessary leather in the regular slip-on glove of 3% inch top in the flare opposite the gouge it is left in the glove at the side or sides of thegouge.

My invention will best be understood by referenceto the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a glove blank for a slip-on glove embodying my invention and illustrating the gouge for the thumb narrower than has hitherto been customary;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a glove having an angular slit for a gouge in which the thumb is received;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a thumb of a form suitable to be stitched in the gouge of the glove shown in Fig. l or that shown in Fig. 2 when slightly modified. When the thumb is to be stitched in the angular slit of Fig. 2, the ball of the thumb is a trifle narrower than shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 4 is a plan view, partially broken away, of a glove embodying my invention and with the thumb partially folded over;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 with the glove material and the thumb material stretched out taken about on the hand.

Referring now to the drawing, I is a glove trank embodying my invention and provided with a gouge I I in which the thumb of the glove (Fig. 3) is stitched and which is narrower than the conventional gouge. It may, for example, be approximately one-third as wide as the conventional gouge for a slip-on glove and may even be reduced to an angular slit. The glove blank comprises the usual palm portion IN and the back portion I02 and also comprises palm portions I03, I04, I05 and I06 for the first finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger, respectively, and corresponding back finger portions I01, I08, I09 and H0.

The glove trank is folded over a fold. line extending along the middle of the glove to form a glove of the shape shown in Fig. 4.

The thumb is drawn to a scale larger than that of the glove or the gouge in which it is received and is provided with the usual palm portion I? and back portion I8 and with a quirk shaped member I9 which is received in the slit 20 between the flap I2 and the palm portion of the glove.

In order to avoid the difficulties above referred to, the gouge, instead of being comparatively wide, for example, three-fourths of an inch in a ladys glove, is made comparatively narrow, as for example, one quarter of an inch or even an angular slit, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Then when the thumb is sewed in the gouge, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the additional material at the sides of the gouge provides additional material which, when the thumb is stretched out, as indicated in Fig. 6, makes the circumference of the glove large enough to slipoverthe thumb portion, which is the largestportion of the hand. Hitherto it has been necessary to begin the flare considerably below the gouge line aa in order to take advantage of the flare and in order to make it possible to slip the glove over the thumb of the hand. In accordancewith my invention, the flare is begun at or above the top of the gouge line aa thereby requiring much less material for the glove than is required 7 in slip-on gloves hitherto made, and therefore less expensive. Furthermore, the glove embodyfitting type comprising portions adapted to form coverings for the fronts of the fingers, the palm of the hand, and the front of the wrist, and portions adapted to be overfolded said first mentioned portions to form coverings for the backs of the fingers, the back of the hand and the back of the wrist; said trank being provided with an elongated, longitudinally extending thumb gouge, and characterized by having the opposite sides of said trank substantially parallel throughout a zone extending from the finger coverings at least to the wristward end of the gouge line, and of a width throughout said zone adapted to form a close fitting cover for the palm and back portion of the hand; and the opposite sides of said gouge being comparatively closely spaced; the gouge being substantially narrower than the width of the wearers thumb whereby to provide sufiicient material in said glove in the zone of said gouge, including the material in the thumb when said thumb is stitched in said gouge, to make the circumference of said glove around said last mentioned zone substantially greater than its circumference around the palm and back portion thereof; and to provide a better and closer fitting slip-on glove at the base of the Wrist and yet a glove into which the widest part of the hand may readily pass.

2. A slip-on glove of the close-fitting type havinga flared top and comprising portions formingicoverings for the fingers, and the palm and back of the hand, and a circumferentially continuous cover for the front and back of the wrist; the opposite side edges of said glove being substantially parallel at least to the wristward end .of said gouge the portion forming the cov ering for the palm of the hand being provided with an elongated, longitudinally-extending comparatively narrow thumb gouge therein; the gouge, in collapsed condition when the glove is not being worn being substantiallynarrower than the width of the wearers thumb and a portion forming a covering for the thumb secured to the opposite sides of said gouge by stitching; whereby the portions of said thumb covering which are stitched to the opposite sides of said gouge are positioned comparatively closely together; the circumference of said glove being substantially the same in the zones thereof immediately adjacent the opposite ends of said gauge and such as to provide a close fit around the palm and back of the hand but being substantially greater in the zone thereof including said gouge because, in the said last mentioned zone, the opposite sides of said gouge may be spread apart to include substantially all of the material in said thumb between the stitching on the opposite sides of said gouge as a part of said greater circumference.

GEORGE H. WHEADON. 

